Editor’s note: This article includes strong sexual language.
On June 20, 2018, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, who performs under the stage name “Nicki Minaj,” tweeted:
“I came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old. I can’t imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5. This is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now?”
Born in Trinidad, Minaj is not an American citizen. She resides in the United States illegally. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender. Her brother, Jelani Maraj, is currently in jail for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. Minaj was in danger of losing her house to pay off a bodyguard whom her husband allegedly assaulted.
J. Basil Dannebohm
By White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s standards, the rapper should be deported.
What’s a shawty to do?
Like many other grifters, Minaj hopped on the Trump bandwagon, riding tall in the saddle and making rounds on the conservative circuit. She even sat down with Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk to discuss “faith, politics and her conservative values.”
Because nothing screams values quite like wholesome lyrics that include: “How bout I c*m all on your d*ck and then I lick it off? I mean it’s something so funny when it get soft, I like to play with it. Squeeze it like a stress ball, he say he like to hear the sound of me slurpin’ it”
Speaking of squeezing it like a stress ball, since her miraculous MAGA conversion, Minaj has gone out of her way to viciously disparage fellow celebrities who oppose her, President Donald Trump, or both. As a guest on Katie Miller’s podcast, she referred to journalist Don Lemon as a “c*cksucker.” She alleged that supermodel Chrissy Teigen has a penis. Likewise, the rapper baselessly told her newfound conservative fans that South African comedian Trevor Noah is a homosexual.
“I am probably the president’s No. 1 fan, and that is not going to change,” Minaj told an audience at an event alongside Trump in Washington, D.C., on the morning of Jan. 29. “The ‘hate’ does not affect me. … It actually motivates me to support him more.”
Later that evening, she joined the president for the premier screening of Amazon’s Melania documentary.
“Like Minaj, Trump has a known fondness for predators.”
Like Minaj, Trump has a known fondness for predators. In 2017, six women accused Melania director Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct. Natasha Henstridge said he forced her to give him oral sex. Olivia Munn said he masturbated in front of her, then lied to others that they’d had sex. Jaime Ray Newman said he’d sexually harassed her on a flight. Ratner, who was a guest of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous island, fled to Israel, only returning to the U.S. after Trump returned to office — a tactic which should be henceforth known as The Russell Brand Method.
Whether it was sincerity or opportunity remains to be seen, but Minaj’s shoe-shine act appears to have paid off.
Aside from raving about her fingernails, the president ensured ICE never will harass the rapper. Not long after strutting the red carpet at the Kennedy Center, she posted a photo of a Trump Gold Card in her hand, and said it was “free of charge.”
Big BZ, Kenneth Petty and Nicki Minaj attend Church On Sundays Hosted By Nicki Minaj And Phil The Mayor And DJ Clues Birthday Party at The Argyle on February 8, 2019, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images)
Minaj gushed with gratitude over Trump, calling him a “wonderful, gracious, charming president.”
That card wasn’t free, Nikki.
You sold yourself — and your new slave owner will collect, collect and collect again. Then when he’s bored with you, he will drop you like fourth period French. Just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Not long after Minaj’s departure from Washington, Trump posted a video to his social media account depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. At first, the White House played off backlash to the video as “fake outrage.” It wasn’t until 12 hours later, after intense bipartisan anger, that Trump removed the video, claiming it was mistakenly uploaded by a staffer — an excuse he’s leveraged for the last decade when caught in racial quagmires.
The rapper from Trinidad was silent.
The Black community has a derogatory word that refers to one of their own who is acting out negative, stereotypical behaviors for the enjoyment or approval of white people. The term is used to criticize racial betrayal or compliance with white supremacy. Nikki Minaj joins the likes of former Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott as the embodiment of that term.
J. Basil Dannebohm is a writer, speaker, consultant and former state legislator. His website is www.dannebohm.com. He is a registered independent.